Total Crime Rate
220.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hill Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Central , and the 231st highest crime rate of 1,343 local areas in Bristol, City of .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Street (BS1 5PU) in the last 12 months was 220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% lower than the Central average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 99.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hill Street (BS1 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 89 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotwells and Harbourside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park Street Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pipe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pipe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pipe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pipe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pipe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pipe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pipe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pipe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pipe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Culver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Culver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Culver Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkeley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Explore Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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